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Ottersweier

Coordinates: 48°40′16″N 08°06′39″E / 48.67111°N 8.11083°E / 48.67111; 8.11083
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Ottersweier
Church of Saint John
Church of Saint John
Coat of arms of Ottersweier
Location of Ottersweier within Rastatt district
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Ottersweier is located in Germany
Ottersweier
Ottersweier
Ottersweier is located in Baden-Württemberg
Ottersweier
Ottersweier
Coordinates: 48°40′16″N 08°06′39″E / 48.67111°N 8.11083°E / 48.67111; 8.11083
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionKarlsruhe
DistrictRastatt
Government
 • Mayor (2023–31) Jürgen Pfetzer[1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total29.21 km2 (11.28 sq mi)
Elevation
137 m (449 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total6,536
 • Density220/km2 (580/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
77833
Dialling codes07223
Vehicle registrationRA
Websitewww.ottersweier.de

Ottersweier is a municipality in western Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is part of the district of Rastatt, and lies between the larger towns Bühl and Achern.

History

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18th Century

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In 1774, the widow Margravine Maria Viktoria Pauline von Arenberg moved her residence from Baden-Baden to Ottersweier to establish a convent school for the Augustinian choir nuns in the former residence of the Jesuits. In the convent school, young girls learned skills they needed as future mothers and educators.

Ottersweier was long part of the Bühl district and, after its dissolution in 1973, became part of the Rastatt district.

Twin cities

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Sons and daughters of the place

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  • Joseph Sauer (1872-1949) born in the district of Unzhurst, theologian, Christian archaeologist and art historian
  • Bernhard Friedmann (1932–2021), politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag 1976–1990, President of the European Court of Auditors 1996-1999

References

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  1. ^ Bürgermeisterwahl Ottersweier 2023
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.